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Don't forget that you must face everyone on you resentment list later in the steps.

By big book is full of phone numbers. I never called them and they never called me.

I have tried rekindling old hobbies, try new things by myself and in groups but nothing lifts my mood. It's been 5 years,

I have never had a spiritual experience. Not even awe or wonder.

The only ones that understand me are alcoholics and who wants to hang out with them. The 12 steps promises are for other people. I bared my soul and got nothing in return.

Excellent presentation!!! I used for my zoom class. Thank you

I have always struggled with anger , resentments, and unforgiveness. I have been working on it with a therapist and 12 step sponsor, and it is getting better. I was told that resentments only hurt you, not the wrongdoers. I had to write down my resentments and how they affected me to see the damage to motivate me to let go. I also had to write down my part in the resentments so I could see where i was in the wrong, make amends, change behaviors, build my character and reconcile relationships if appropriate. Obviously there are some situations you don't play a part like if you were abused. I really get into psychology and human behavior so I like to understand why people act how they do for example mental illness. It helps to have compassion on them and to wish them well. This is NOT justifying or condoning it just helps to understand, have compassion, and wish them well. Its also not good to get revenge, not only because of consequence but they will get their karma and there will be justice. If it motivates them to change and make anends be happy for them.

Thank you so much for the video. I am a 23 year old female recovering from alcohol addiction. 37 days sober today. I have been really angry lately..

Thank you so much for this. I really needed it today.

I have been drug-free for maybe two weeks and before that a few months, but it’s always extreme boredom and lack of motivation to do anything so I just get stuck in bed. And since I hate that the boredom ends up resulting in relapse.

I did after a decade of 6mg a day.

I know what i have to do to make my career, i know i can do it, i know i have interest in it. The only thing is there is no willingness, or you can say i am unable to push myself enough to go forward. What should i do

I detoxed from them both during a 10 day detox at a fantastic facility. 16 years on 4mg a day of Xanax and a 5 day black out binder (I didn't take much Xanax when I drank). It is easy to scale off of benzos with the exception of Xanax, it's so freaking anxiety specific. My first few days in a subsequent rehab were absolute hell, I was given Kepra and Vistaril only but 3 weeks later I walked out of there a free man. I got a divorce to remove the source of my anxiety and the emotional hell that drove me to drink. I have seen a number of youtube videos of people trying to kick Xanax at home, I had a psychiatrist give me a scale from alprazolam to diazepam and a titrate chart off diazepam. I could not do it. The fact was 1mg of Xanax made me feel normal and there was not a dose of Diazepam suitable for me to live my life functionally with, either I would have been having panic attacks or so sedated that I was useless. The effects of withdrawal are mystical, unpredictable. I believe they have more to do with the emotional state of human beings that doctors have no control over.

WOW I thank you dearly. This is exactly what I needed to hear today. I'm spending more time and money on cigarettes (whether herbal, Rollie's, or "real") and cooking and eating healthy than I realized. I used to walk for miles to get my drinks and I have been still walking around, but aimlessly. I'm spending some time with self development especially with UA-cam. It's taking all my time up. Searching for the moment within by sacrificing my time throughout. I can go to the bus stop that is not very safe and spread my wings. It seems like a daunting task though. Hmmm .... Plus new England is still chilly here in Massachusetts. I hope to figure it out now with this explorative video I can see where my priorities are messed up. Thank you dearly 🎉xoxoxox My recovery and recently quitting marijuana has opened my eyes and this is a hugely important time. Thank you again

Traditional detoxes are horrible for benzo withdrawal.

You are full of ignorance on the subject, you must just want to see yourself on u-tube. I was very repulsed by what you had to say. The GP community is in the dark on the subject of Benzo withdrawal so a person is more or less on their own. A person has to switch to diazepam which has a longer half life and use a milligram scale and a nail file and shave off a few grains of a two milligram tablet each time and weigh it and record the weight. It is a long process, but it is the only sure way. No one knows that I have taken this drug except my GP and he wanted me to just stay on the med. I have been over five years of torment but will be off of this drug hopefully in the next three months God willing.

Absolutely loved hearing that people like me aren't a problem to be solved but a person to be loved.

Thank you for this. Very helpful.

Thanks for this video. Early recovery is tough.

It feels like a bad lsd trip and someone has given you adderal on top of it. I have panic disorder and ptsd. Is rather not be here anymore than live without my 2 mgs of clonazepam. I successfully came off Xanax in exchange for clonazepam. Praying for anyone going through withdrawal. Great advice

I don’t even think an addict deserves to be ripped off Benzos in 7 days. I’m sorry what? How much every week? 0.25mg a week? You’re mad. A typical detox is not recommended. Go to the ER for Benzo withdrawal? I have to laugh! They don’t do anything! They don’t know a damn thing about it and treat you like you’re an addict looking for pills. You can have all the support you need and people are still freaking clueless. They assume you’ll bounce back like the rest of the addicts and when you don’t they’ll say it’s your “rebound anxiety” and tell you to look for anxiety programs at mental hospitals as a day program, that I’m having a “relapse” in my anxiety or some shit. My husband had no idea what was going on. Like the people around you think you’re crazy. Friends think you’re mentally ill or having a “mood episode” when you’re coming off Benzos or psych meds. The typical taper is usually 10% or less cuts every 4-6 weeks. Just tired of the misinformation and absurd tapering people recommend. No wonder people get Akathisia, yeah look it up. I’m sure someone you know had it with a taper schedule like 0.25mg cuts a week! So dangerous! The last guy said you could just stop a “low dose”! No no and no!

I stopped drinking a year ago and vent from 4mg Temesta to 1mg a day. feel good. but from 4mg to 0 in a week was impossible.

I’m at 3mg - 2.5m a day. The past 3 months I’ve been trying to lower it down to 2mg but everytime i do I have serious shakes/ cold sweats and feel like I’m about to pass out. Any help on how i can fix this? Buying 20 2mg hulks every 2-3 weeks is a good amount of cash and it seems like I’ll Be on it forever 😢

Im 62. I figure im not going to put myself through the hell of withdrawal at this stage in my life. Ive been on valium and 2 antidepressants for 15 years. My only wish is that some future doctor doesn't force me off them.

A constant refrain in these circles regarding anger is that people who trigger you are probably toxic or at least not healthy to be around while you're in early recovery. Well, my biggest trigger is my children. I love them, but I can't handle the crying and the shrieking and the loud noises they are constantly making. I can't handle the constant disobedience and the way anything I say to them passes in one ear and out the other. I can't handle parenthood sober. But drugs and alcohol are killing me. Where is the help for people like me? Should I just abandon my kids? Would they be better off if my wife was a single mom? I always wanted to be a dad and I always thought I'd be good at it. I have never been more wrong about anything in my life. My family was supposed to be my purpose. I've failed, and now I have no purpose.

You're going to get a lot of people hurt using outdated and false information, first and foremost finding a doctor who knows how to detox you isnt a thing, most rehab programs now refuse Benzo and psych med reduction programs for a reason. My biggest problem besides being wrong throughout this video which I can tell you're getting your information from some medical website which also doesn't know what it's talking about, is that you think withdrawal and detox lasts at its worst up to 7 days 😅 a year with subtle changes you say lol buddy, People develop everything from Musculatory, neurological, visual and perception issues lasting on average up to 18 months with 10-15% developing protracted withdrawal whuch can go on for 7+ years according to Benzodiazepine information coalition and Heath Ashton. This man really said Subtle changes lol

Great video. Thank you

Really good info !

Spot on. So good to hear from someone giving correct information abt Benzo wdl. I feel like crap - ie in bed for a good 7 days, start feeling bit better day 10 , then cut again, day 14. Been trying to taper for over 2 years now - was not given any of this info when I started, so have had a long long journey getting making mistakes, to get some kind of rhythm going- have at least one year to go IF it goes as it is going now. I should have been off the Benzo';s by now, but correct guidance, info and support was not given to me.

Is zanx same as diazepam. I’m on diazepam and been taking zanx for a year can I stop the zanx and up my diazepam would I be ok to do that?

I dont understand why or how so many doctors just cut people off cold turkey with no taper, its just cruel. Its like handing their patients a loaded gun.

My girlfriend has a way of sabotage our night before making love and I get super upset I get angry and go into a rage. It has been happening for a while now and I'm trying to control it.

I've no choice! Mylan has discontinued my flurazepam/dalmane. I was taking 7 pills, 30mgs every night. When I heard mylan discontinued dalmane i was shocked!! I didn't want a substitute from the doctor. I would be afraid of side effects, especially with my age! 56. Since I've been taking one dalmane, I've noticed the difference from 7 pills down to one. I take 7 promethazine and 12 zopiclone tablets to make me sleep. But i feel brutal!! I was put on flurazepam because i drank day and night for 12 years. I have 170 dalmane pills left. I'm hoping flurazepam/dalmane will be reinstated. If you're wondering why i have so much sleeping pills, I'll tell you, I've been buying them for years of junkies. I don't take what junkies take like heroin or cocaine. They would kill me! Especially cocaine, because it in the same class as lidocaine. Which my dentist gave me for my tooth. After 20 minutes the lidocaine affected my breathing, i thought I'd never get home!! From the dental clinic. Now I'm still taking one dalmane with promethazine and zopiclone. I'm fucked if they don't bring back flurazepam...

I’ve been on 1 mg Xanax a day for almost 2 years. How difficult is it going to be to get off it? I know that’s not a big dosage but honestly I’m scared

Thank you for your work. It has opened my eyes about how I have been bullshitting myself.❤

Great video, thanks!

From 2002 I start 0.25 three time on daily basis. At 2008 3 times 0.5 mg. Then 2018 till now 3 times 1 mg. I am 50 years old. I try to stop it, but I was so sad and depressed. I just can not stop. I do hva MS also. But, I just want to stop, but tell me HOW PLEASEEEE. I am from Bosnia , Sarajevo. I see my psihiatric once at month. I dont have supirt. Also I do gave PTSD from war 1990-1995 . Thank You in advance. Sana

I am on Xanax for nine weeks.I begin with 1mg. per day because of insomnia,I have already three weeks since I started to taper the doze,at this point I 'm on 0,12 mg. per day.Should I taper also 0,12mg doze in 1/2 or just quit?

HI Jim, finally I hope i can get my questions answered, so I HAVE BEEN ON alprazolam for 28 years @ 6 A DAY, i had no idea this was a great amount, until recently when i talked to my doctor & he said they were cutting everyone off, needless to say I was scared to death, I still am !!! but ihave been weaning for about 9 months now, I am down to 2/1/2, i have fainted once/anxiety is up/headaches, what I am really worried about is getting down to one, and then none, I have had a small stroke about 5 years ago, but i am totally healthy physically so theres that ... and also worried about convulsions, is there anything at all, thats natural that i can take the edge off, especially in the mornings, also worried about going mad/crazy/delusional, any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks !

Hi Jim. I am facilitating a secular recovery group for individuals involved in the justice system. Boredom has come up as a trigger. Thank you for giving me some discussion topics/ideas' for upcoming groups.

I take .75 once a day between 10-11pm…. Do you think I’m detoxing 12 hours later? Can that be why im lazy and unmotivated every day or different issue altogether? Im ready to taper… should my first taper jump down to .5 ..thanks

I had to go one 36hr period without them when I was taking them back in 2012 and yes it is one of the most uncomfortable feelings you can have. Brain ticks, hot flashes it's a nightmare but you can do this don't be afraid to ask for help that's bravest thing anyone could do

I have detoxed several times at home with coloadine and Gabapentin. (Spelling?) Not the best lol. 3 times A-day gabapentin and 2 times a day coloadine. If you're able to get these prescriptions then it is a cake walk.

Came across your channell. Thank you for taking time to explain things. Will definitely check out your other videos. I'm not in recovery for an addiction but healing childhood trauma and find what you have said to be beneficial.

Please listen to me,.when and if you taper, it should last a minimum of 1 year, no less

Thanks

thanks Jim, I am finding your videos very helpful

thank you, i am finding your videos very helpful

Fantastic video. Popped up in my timeline and I'm glad I watched. I never drank heavily but over the past two months, I've stopped smoking weed and I've recently given up alcohol. The big kicker tho is that I'm 18 months into slowly weaning off of an antidepressant after decades of use. The pills emotionally blunted and number me, not unlike any other long-term drug use. I've discovered along this journey that coming off of pills follows a similar journey to any other type of recovery. It's not about the pills, it's about getting to the source of the paint- understanding it and feeling/healing. It's a transformative process for me and I'm finally feeling the positive affects. I've been humbled and am filled with gratitude these days. Gratitude for life and gratitude that I survived that last few years. I had a LOT of anger come up at the height of my antidepressant use and even more when I started to recover. Rage attacks, I broke my gate, drywall, a table with a hatchet once. My god, I was out of control. But I'm glad I let it out in a somewhat "harmless" way. Before that, it used to come out verbally at other people. Pushing them away and then feeling the shame of my actions. Understanding my anger, letting go, and showing myself love have been my answers. A meditation teacher of mine told me anger is "misguided power." And like you said, there is always a much more vulnerable feeling underneath the anger that needs to be taken care of. Thanks for letting me share. And thanks for the video. 👍

Good video topic. Putting down the drink was easy compared to the next 10 years although even when it was bad it's good. I went from AA to a combined AA/ACA recovery. Not enough space to post what 10 years of sobriety is like. Amazing journey that sees go through what you put aside for years. Feelings and emotional regulation is key for me.